Survivor
2200 Words
Raphael left the room, giving Michael some private time, he leisurely enjoyed the breakfast on his table and after eating, he went to the bathroom to freshen himself before upgrading his military base.
After bathing for about five minutes, he walked out and looked at the mirror as he rubbed his face with a face towel.
Not long after, he put down the face towel and used the bathroom mirror. Since his reincarnation in this world, he felt something different in his whole body.
It feels to him that it didn’t belong to him at all. So his curiousness led him here in front of the mirror.
The man in the mirror looking at him had light gray hair with bangs parted to the left, complemented with its blue eyes. His facial features can only be described in one word: “Beautiful” As he looked down on his body, he saw a lean body.
Judging from this look, he can tell that his new body is somewhere of the age of early twenties.
Now that he has a huge grasp over his new body, he prepared himself by wearing his standard black full dress uniform.
‘All set’
With a fresh look, Michael left his room and commenced upgrading his military base.
First, he summoned all the troops that he had on the system and then went, full megalomaniac.
The area of his military base from Command and the Abandoned Village grew larger to facilitate new summoned buildings and facilities.
Walking over the system, he created a naval port at the river approximately 2 kilometers east from Abandoned Village. And a headquarters for all command operations. Summoning the foundation of the military base He proceeded to develop artillery & anti-aircraft emplacements, radar sites, dugouts, flak towers as well as an underground silo complex.
In addition to that, Michael also summoned recreation facilities for his subordinates' welfare & entertainment.
Also, Michael summoned underground facilities to store essential supplies to run the military base such as armaments and ammunitions, oils and fuels, construction supplies, and so on. Michael wanted to maintain his stockpile of weapons and munitions without relying too much upon his abilities.
What he just did is straight-out fantasy and is completely impossible to attain in the real world. But with the help of his system, he all built it at ease.
Wrapping it all up, Michael proceeded on refurbishing his mansion in the Abandoned Village. Using the system he designed it meticulously to satisfy his deep love in neoclassical architecture.
Controlling the system and scrolling down to look for the right building, he saw a specific building, giving him a nostalgic feeling. It was no other than a White House itself.
With brimming eyes, he slowly moved his finger onto the White House and just as he was about to push it, a knock on the door interrupted him.
He fixed himself and cleared his throat.
“Come in.”
A woman entered his room and saw Raphael carrying a lot of papers. She slowly thumped it onto his desk and reported.
“General, we found something in the basement of the mansion.”
“Mansion? Do you mean the mansion in the Abandoned village?”
“Yes, since that will be your new residence, I ordered the troops to clean up the place for refurbishing. But before that, this is all the papers that we collected on the mansion, we believe it’s vital for our linguistic team to decipher it but it will take not days but months to decipher it since we have no references.”
“I see.” Michael reached his hand onto the paper and looked at it. It was all the same writings.
“Now for the most important part, we found a body.”
Raphael said with a serious tone.
“Body?” Ernest struck his head up, dumbfoundedly. “What do you mean? I thought there were no humans here when we searched this place...Who are they?”
Raphael cleared her throat, “There are all women with an age of somewhere in between sixteen to twenty years old. However sir…”
With a frown look that indicates bad news, Michael guessed. “They are dead?”
“Four of them are dead except for one.”
Michael sighed a relief, “How is she?”
“She is barely hanging but the doctor said she’ll be well soon.”
“Ah thank god…”
Michael sighed a relief once more as he leaned back on his seat. He is glad that whoever that is was fine however, he was about to go green on changing the mansion into the White House.
Thankfully, Raphael interrupted him and was glad that this was reported to him.
But something bothers him…
‘How did they get there?’
He thought and asked, “Where did you find those bodies again?”
When Raphael was about to answer his question, she abruptly figured something.
“Sorry for omitting the details General.” She bowed and continued, “Reports said that the five bodies were found in some sort of a prison, their limbs and hands were bound by chains.”
“Bound by chains?” said Michael, slightly startled.
“Yes General, it was a miracle that one of them is alive since according to one of the who retrieved their bodies, there are rotting bodies near her.”
“What a pity…thinking that she was there all the time in the cold along with the dead bodies.” Michael can only imagine what the girl goes through.
“Don’t worry General, she is being treated in the hospital, if you want to see her then I’ll arrange an appointment,” Raphael assured.
“Appointment? Why can’t I go now?”
“Because you have a lot to do since there are a lot of upgrades in the military base. Some of which needs your confirmation and approval.”
“Okay…”
And thus, Michael begins the most arduous work that he had so far in this world.
…
Three days later, in the evening, Michael went to Raphael’s office to talk.
“You want to replace this mansion with the White House?” She said after hearing his idea, She thought for a while and answered, “ Well we can manage that, we just need to clear the people and use your system to replace it.”
“Really?” He asked, heaving a sigh, “It seems that my dreams of stepping on the White House once more will come true.”
“So what about my schedules? Are they all cleared up?”
Michael asked another.
“Yes, thank you for your hard work, General.” Raphael praised.
“Good, since I want to see our first contact, is it possible if I can meet her today?”
Michael formally asked.
“Yes, I’ll arrange your transportation....” Raphael grabbed the telephone and dialed.
“Yes...thank you...okay he’ll be there in five minutes...thank you.” She hung up the phone and looked again at Michael.
“Michael your transportation will arrive in five minutes, please get ready,” Raphael said.
“Okay…” turned back to his heels and just before he could reach the door, he stopped and turned back.
“Raphael, don’t forget…”
“The location of our military base in this world? Of course, I won’t forget it.”
It seems like Raphael just read his mind. Michael smiled and left the room.
…
Arriving at the hospital built in the Abandoned Village, Michael visited the room where the survivor is staying.
He ordered his guard to stay outside the room to guard it. Michael entered the room and saw a young woman lying on the bed.
There were pins and needles piercing her delicate skin and bandage wrapping the side of her head and her left arm.
Judging by her appearance, Michael can tell that she is badly injured on the day she was rescued.
He grabbed a chair and sat behind the girl. Taking a closer look, this woman had blonde hair.
“What a pity...whoever did this to you is shameless.”
Michael muttered to himself. Finding her in the abandoned village means that there were people there who left this girl, along with the four girls, deliberately.
Then just as he observed her sickly pale face, her eyelids twitch. Michael was quick to notice it.
Did she perhaps hear him? But there’s no way since he said it in a sound weak enough for her to hear.
Seconds later, her right eye opens and her eyes are moving towards him slowly. She slightly squinted and tried to grasp her situation. But it was to no avail, her vision was blurred, and can’t understand what was happening.
There were bright light and a figure right next to her, she can’t properly see someone beside her, so she shut her eyes again in hopes of clearing her vision.
Not long after, she saw clearly who was there. It was a man in unusual clothing in a place alien to her. It was not the cold dark room that she is familiar with. Her eyes wandered and noticed that she was in some sort of a different room.
She tries to get her senses up and feels everything around her. She felt something soft supporting her head. The mattress underneath her and needles tingling her skin.
“Are you okay?”
Suddenly, a soft foreign language rang in her head. She turned her head to the side and looked. It was a man sitting on the chair by her bed.
She slowly moved her mouth, as if wanting to speak.
“Wh-who are you?”
She asked with a weak voice.
The man tilted his head to the side, his eyebrows furrowed. What he just heard was a different language not known to him.
This was his first time speaking with the dwellers in this world but unfortunately, they can’t seem to understand each other.
Michael pondered for a second, trying to think of something to communicate with her. Then an answer comes up.
He raised both hands and pointed them to him with his finger.
“Mi-chael”
“Mi-chael?” She repeated slowly, memorizing it in her head.
Michael? Is that his name?
She figured out what he is doing and then prompted to do the same...however her arms won’t let her do so.
So she came up with a new idea.
“An-na”
She said simply.
So her name is Anna, what a familiar name in a different world.
Knowing each other's names, Michael reached for her hand, since they can’t understand each other, he can express his words by body language.
Anna was slightly shocked about this...her eyes widened as he saw him smiling. There is no malice behind that warm smile of his, In fact, it was cordial.
For the first time in her life, she received such a smile. Her heart does not beat the same as before. This time she was not scared but serene. If only she could experience this before…
—She breaks into tears.
Michael exclaimed inwardly as he noticed those tears forming upon her eyes.
Did he make her cry for something he doesn’t know? Well, it’s not the time to overthink it, maybe she got overwhelmed by her senses.
So he decided to leave the room, giving her proper time to adapt to her new environment.
Seeing the man disappearing in her sight, Anna started to feel lonely again. She looked around and saw unfamiliar things. There was light there but it was not a torch. She stared at the light in the ceiling and tried to figure out the mechanism...But unfortunately, there is no single idea that came to mind.
Raising her upper body, she finally noticed that something was piercing her arm. She pulled it out immediately and stood up…
Eventually, she falls. She is still weak to even walk but she knows that something is going on. Anna hobbled up and used the wall near her as support.
Slowly reaching the door, she extended her hand and reached for the doorknob…
It opened, but not by her, a familiar man entered the room and saw her struggling on her feet.
Reaching the limit of her energy, she falls to the ground…
No, it didn’t happen. Michael reacted swiftly and caught her.
“What are you doing?”
Michael carried her like a princess and returned him to her bed, he noticed the dextrose hose scattered on the floor.
“Your body is still weak, just rest for more than three days. I will talk to you personally.
Knowing that she can’t understand him, he wanted to at least say it to her for formality.
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